Where is Astropulse?

Author	Message
Mark Seeger Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 47 Credit: 16,558,494 RAC: 116	Message 1945962 - Posted: 23 Jul 2018, 15:20:15 UTC Hi, I haven't seen any Astropulse work units in a very long time (months?); does anyone know why? Just curious. Thank you, Mark ID: 1945962 ·

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22190 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 1946016 - Posted: 23 Jul 2018, 19:25:51 UTC Last modified: 23 Jul 2018, 19:29:16 UTC I suggest you read the thread all about them: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82860 Then check the status of your own computers: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=6812555 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=8546029 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=8496994 (Six over three computers is not exactly "none in months". Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1946016 ·

B. Ahmet KIRAN Send message Joined: 19 Oct 14 Posts: 77 Credit: 36,140,903 RAC: 140	Message 1948588 - Posted: 9 Aug 2018, 12:26:44 UTC Same goes here, though it is around 4 weeks of no Astropulse tasks for a total of 9 computers??? This is very unusual for my subscription to Seti@home since 2014... Can someone look into this??? ID: 1948588 ·

Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874	Message 1948591 - Posted: 9 Aug 2018, 12:33:52 UTC - in response to Message 1948588. Astropulse tasks are only created from data recorded at the Arecibo radio telescope. The astronomers directing Arecibo's research programme haven't generated any usable data in the last few weeks (we require an astronomer to specify usage of the ALFA antenna), but there may be some coming up towards the end of the month. ID: 1948591 ·

B. Ahmet KIRAN Send message Joined: 19 Oct 14 Posts: 77 Credit: 36,140,903 RAC: 140	Message 1948656 - Posted: 9 Aug 2018, 19:55:00 UTC - in response to Message 1948591. Thanks for the update... Really appreciated... ID: 1948656 ·

B. Ahmet KIRAN Send message Joined: 19 Oct 14 Posts: 77 Credit: 36,140,903 RAC: 140	Message 1957162 - Posted: 24 Sep 2018, 21:31:29 UTC - in response to Message 1948591. Can I cry one more time? Around the end of August I did get around 5~6 astropulse tasks into my (I think 4 different) computers... There is one still pending validation from early september, but no new astropulse tasks in none of my computers... My preferences are configured accoring to advices I got from the message boards and still no proper results? Any advice to this dedicated Seti@home user? ID: 1957162 ·

Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1957163 - Posted: 24 Sep 2018, 21:35:30 UTC - in response to Message 1957162. Can I cry one more time? Around the end of August I did get around 5~6 astropulse tasks into my (I think 4 different) computers... There is one still pending validation from early september, but no new astropulse tasks in none of my computers... My preferences are configured accoring to advices I got from the message boards and still no proper results? Any advice to this dedicated Seti@home user? So is the issue about the Astropulse that is still pending validation? My understanding is if your "wingman" doesn't send back a task after a while it is sent out to another system to process. I am not sure about the "time out" period. Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1957163 ·

Keith Myers Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873	Message 1957175 - Posted: 24 Sep 2018, 23:39:18 UTC Last modified: 24 Sep 2018, 23:47:03 UTC Deadlines for AP are a lot shorter than for MB. Only 3-4 weeks for AP versus the 6-7 weeks for MB. So your pendings for AP are normally lower and of much shorter duration. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) ID: 1957175 ·

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22190 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 1957200 - Posted: 25 Sep 2018, 4:58:19 UTC - in response to Message 1957162. In the last few weeks AstroPulse tasks have been even rarer than usual, a lot of people haven't received any. The validation policy is the same for AstroPulse tasks as it is for normal tasks, two people have to agree on the result. Your single "pending" AstroPulse result was initially sent out to two people, yourself and another person, sadly that person had problems when downloading the task, so the task was sent to a third person, who hasn't finished processing it yet (its due date is in early October), so your credit will have to wait until they've finished. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1957200 ·

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